This is one of the Youtube channels I routinely follow and watch. Always thought it would be awesome to see him do an FD - guess what, he just got one!


It's a rough JDM 92 FD. I'm really interested to see how this turns out!

If you haven't seen his channel, he's got a lot of good stuff. Really dug the Lotus Evora project.

Dale

 

Hell yeah man! Hopped on YoutTube for the first time in a couple of days and saw that he finally got a 7. Watching the second video, this FD looks like a real lemon lol

 

Yeah, the second episode he starts digging into the car. Looks like some sloppy wiring but the general frame of the car looks to be decent.

I'm wondering if he has a lot of wet electronics since the windows looked taped up, like it may have sat a while with the windows down or something.

Hoping it's a flooded engine, he mentioned moving it briefly in the driveway then shutting it down.

Regardless, I know I'll be watching all the new episodes!

Dale

 

Fukushima... That is why he won this car. His first mod should be a Geiger counter.

They do not go for $3000...

 

You think it could have been flooded?

Fukushima was in 2011 and he says it was registered in 2016, so hopefully not. He did get it running on the latest episode with the help of Pineapple Racing.

Dale

 

Thanks for sharing this Dale. It will be fun to see how it turns out

 

Flooded is best case scenario, flooding happened all up the coast not just Fukushima, and has some easily discernible tell tale signs.

 

There didnt seem to be much rust on the car. I dont think it was flooded.

 

He actually just had a video yesterday of "was my car in a flood?"

I emailed him on the brake lights staying on, saying it was probably the rubber stopper for the brake light switch. He said that was it, so that problem's fixed .

Dale

 

If someone knows him please let him know he and his family may be at risk.

He just said in that video the car was last registered in 2010... and its flooded. Yikes.

 

Who would have thought that radiation would be one of the issues to look out for when buying an FD from Japan...and I thought hidden rust and blown engines were a problem...

 

He determined that the car had not been flooded in the Tsunami. I believe he said it was registered in 2015, and the years before that.

 

I had a feeling you're the Dale he was talking about in his last video. He did a shout out to you about the brake light stopper and it is you. That's funny. You help a lot of people, including me. That's awesome.

 

Yea my bad at 13:02 I was listening only to his vid and he said last registered 2010 but he was mistaken, when I looked at the sticker he was talking about it shows the registration ran out Oct 2015.

 

Yeah I about crapped my pants when I heard my name! Super cool of him. Had to drag my wife in and show her how internet famous I am now .

I'm glad I was able to help - gotta love easy fixes like that!

Dale

 

Lol, I would of done the same! I'm sure b is for build has plenty more questions. You seem to be the perfect mentor.

 

Same here. As soon as I heard Dale I knew who he was talking about
Maybe you should do a guest appearance one day Dale~

 

Love his show, been following all of his builds. As soon as he tried to start it, I was like "It's flooded". Then he about chocked Mark out with all the fuel coming out.

 

Wonder if Ray Crowe would possibly sponsor the build?

 

With his prices he is more ore less sponsoring everyones build

 

It's cool that he's making rotary specific decals.

 

It was so nice to see him get his multimeter and check voltage on the circuits that aren't working! There aren't enough people who can troubleshoot an electrical problem.

 

I dont think he knows about installing a midpipe and catback with a stock ecu and JDM downpipe. I sent him an e-mail. I hope he doesnt over do it, and blow the engine.

 

I'm sure Marc talked to him about it.. he's helped me with my build a lot, really knows these cars.

 

Yes, it sounds like he is getting some good advice.